Wedding Photographers and Strange Couples

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

I think you've missed the point of this completely.

If they were eating then the photographer wouldn't be asking you to hurry up.

[DJWilson]

I think you've missed the point of this completely.

If they were eating then the photographer wouldn't be asking you to hurry up.

yeah thats something i didnt think of. well im out of this thread now

[Excalibur]

yeah thats something i didnt think of. well im out of this thread now

Insert your witty rejoinder of choice here.

[theoloyla]

Just one of the joys of doing weddings.

[Dragonfly]

Photographers and video guys really wind me up when they start going on about the fact that they want to get on with it when it's not even your fault that the function has over run.

I've had this a lot over the years. Why should we spoil the running order just 'cos they are tired and want to go home?

Indeed they get paid around 2k for a days work some of them .... quit your whinging ,

now please dont shoot me here as its just an opinion these guys carry 2 cameras around for 10 hours and get paid huge amounts ,

now we used to get on these forums that well the photographer gets 2k and we get 150 quid how badly done to we are, but I always considered photography as a very skilled art , angles ,lenses , lighting ,developing etc etc. so have not joined in this debate.

but ....................................


surely now with the digital age and all the computer software available to them it has made this job a whole heap easier than it once was as instead of reems of film without knowing if the shot is right or not you can take pictures plug into a laptop have a look and retake if its not right?? and just delete mistakes and shoot again ............. I may totally mis understand and be over simplifying things for which im very sorry if I am but I do feel that the job isnt what it was ???

yes the same can be said for us as DJs with not having to hump 18 record cases around anymore but we still need he skill of knowing what to play when , when to use the mic , what to say when we do and deal with everyone when they are drunk and tired because some muppet has made them stand in the rain in December on some steps smiling for 20 minutes while he takes photos.....

To be honest Ive never had a problem yet??? but as those who have seen me in action know i'm an all out guns blazing type of guy , try and get people up from the off so to speak so the photographer has usually got the shots he wants by the 6th or 7th track.

not to go off topic though all of the above considered

quit moaning , yes we all get tired , at the end of the day take the camera from round your neck rest it on a table and take all that weight of your legs for a minute ....... don't do whingers..... Ive got one she's 7 but you can't send a photographer to his room for 15 minutes sadly

[PropellerHeadCase]

I don't know if it's the case in the UK, but the videographer/photographer types will often (not always) help themselves to the buffet regardless of whether provision has been made for them or not... RUDE!

[rob1963]

Photographers and video guys really wind me up when they start going on about the fact that they want to get on with it when it's not even your fault that the function has over run.

Absolutely!

If they are wedding professionals, they will be aware that weddings usually run late and they will therefore probably have to stay longer than expected.

...and bearing in mind what they earn, I don't understand why that's a problem!